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Writing War: A Reading List

Recommended ReadingMay 24, 2018

Molly Crabapple, co-author and illustrator of Marwan Hisham’s latest memoir, Brother of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War and Alexis Okeowo, author of A Moonless Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and… More

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LAST CALL: High school and college students can still apply for PEN America's Global Free Expression Advocacy Institute this fall! The program will run Tuesdays 10/5 - 12/7 from 4:15PM - 6:30PM ET. Applications close TONIGHT: http://bit.ly/2VZxDJo.

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I'm over the moon to be moderating this panel on Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Free Expression in Alabama for @PENamerica next week. Join Brontez Purnell, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Emrys Donaldson, Joi Minor, and @ACLUAlabama! Please share. ❤️
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Join us on 10/1 for a #BannedBooksWeek conversation with @rofhiwabooks on the “Erasure of Black Thought”. Black academics @profblmkelley, @pornoscholar, and @daniellepurifoy will discuss the growing movement against the teaching of black history & racism. https://bit.ly/3nYQjVj

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